As a most common female malignant tumor, breast cancer takes the top
incidence in female. Though its cause is unclear yet, researchers thought that
it is possibly related to the long-term constrained mind of patients.

In the treatment course for breast cancer, most patients have to choose
surgery to remove the tumor. According to investigations, most patients after
surgery are feeling dreary, which affect the rehabilitation greatly. So doing
well in physical and mental care can let the patients keep an easy mind to
prevent breast cancer from recurring and promote rehabilitation. Below are the
instructions of physical and mental care for breast cancer patients after
surgery:

Physical care

1. Nursing people have to note the physical condition and trauma bleeding
of a patient, keep the trauma clean and perform proper nursing care in time.

2. Patients after surgery must stay in bed for 6 hours. Nursing people then
should help a patient to turn over or move the legs.

3. Instruct patients the rehabilitation exercise and proper diets according
to their individual condition.

Mental care

Majority of breast cancer patients feel agony for losing their breasts
after surgery. Additionally they also worry for their family and social status
that they present melancholy and disappointment, some severe patients even lose
their confidence in life to refuse all the consequent treatments. So it is
important to ensure patients an easy mind through mental care.

1. Talk to patients clearly about the advantages and shortages of surgery
ahead, so they can develop trust in treatment and doctors. This can also avoid
patients from regretting after surgery.

2. Concern patients more after surgery and try to give them a hint about
the remedies for their breasts by other means, such as wearing special
brassieres. To the patients of bad moods, nursing people must talk to them in
time and tell them the importance to keep an easy mind, so that they can get a
proper awareness about their disease.

3. Patients need the support from family and friends. Without pushing
patients mentally too much, family and friends around should encourage them to
fight the cancer bravely and help them to set up the confidence of their
beautiful images in family and society.

4. Nursing people and family can encourage patients to have proper physical
exercises like a little walk, mountain climbing and so on according to ones’
physical condition.

Specailists from Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou also emphasized that,
mental care not only is a key to prevent breast cancer from recurring, but also
is the kep to rehibilitation. And through years clinical tests, patients of easy
mind can recover faster than others after treatment.

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Disclaimer: Operation is effective to early solid tumors, but it’s not suitable for most middle or advanced tumors. Patient with middle or advanced tumor is relatively weak, but the combination of minimally invasive therapy and chemotherapy or radiotherapy can effectively reduce the harm and side effects brought by the treatment and help patient get better efficacy.